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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
OpenAI is being sued for copyright infringement; again, eight newspapers have joined the list of news organizations that have filed lawsuits against the startup.
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
A Chart to Kickstart Your Day 📈: Top Global Risks in 2024
Eight US Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement 🔥
Amazon Releases Q - A Powerful AI Assistant for Businesses and Developers
AI Tutorial: Draft emails with AI in Gmail
AI Tools to check out
The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
A chart to kickstart your day
Top Global Risks in 2024
This visualization shows the biggest risks for 2024, based on the World Economic Forum’s annual survey of leaders around the globe.
AI-generated misinformation is the second-biggest risk, only behind extreme weather. Experts argue that it could diminish trust, deepen political divides, and undermine global elections.
AI News
OPENAI
Eight US Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement 🔥
Source: Kiichiro Sato/AP
Eight U.S. publishers are suing OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging massive copyright infringement.
Details:
The publishers, including the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and The Denver Post, accuse the tech giants of unlawfully using millions of copyrighted articles to train their AI systems without obtaining proper licenses or compensating the content creators.
The publishers claim they have invested billions of dollars in local journalism and reporting, which OpenAI and Microsoft have effectively "stolen" for their commercial AI products.
The indictment also alleges that the AI sometimes generates inaccurate information or "hallucinations" falsely attributed to the publishers, damaging their credibility.
This case is one of many in the ongoing conflict between AI technology and copyright law. It joins similar ongoing lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI brought by the New York Times and news outlets The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet.
AMAZON
Amazon Releases Q - A Powerful AI Assistant for Businesses and Developers
Source: Amazon
Amazon has announced the general availability of Amazon Q, an AI-based assistant designed specifically for businesses and developers.
The offering is divided into three areas:
Amazon Q Developer: Assists developers with programming, testing, and maintenance tasks.
Amazon Q Business: Empowers businesses to make data-driven decisions based on enterprise data.
Amazon Q Apps: Allows employees to build AI applications without any programming knowledge, using natural language to describe their requirements. The concept is similar to OpenAI's GPTs.
Amazon claims that early customers have reported productivity increases of over 80% using Q. Additionally, the company is planning to introduce new features in the future to provide even better results.
AI Tutorial
Draft emails with AI in Gmail
Here’s how to access Google’s new ‘Help me write’ feature in Gmail, allowing you to leverage Gemini to draft full emails in seconds from simple prompts.
*Note: This feature is not available in all regions yet; it might not be available in your country. If that is the case, you can try using a US VPN.
Follow these steps:
Go to Google Workspace Labs and join the waitlist
Now, wait to receive the invite, which can appear any day and at any time while using Gmail.
Select the ‘Help me write’ option when writing an email.
The icon is a pencil with a star.
Write a new draft
Enter a prompt describing the details of the email you want, and the AI will generate a draft.
Use AI to refine your draft
Click on ‘Help me write’ again and choose an option:
Formalize: Makes the draft more formal.
Elaborate: Adds details to build upon the text.
Shorten: Shortens the draft.
I'm Feeling Lucky: Updates draft with creative details.
AI Tools to check out
🎓 ConsensusGPT: Search 200M academic papers from Consensus, get science-based answers, and draft content with accurate citations.
✍️ Briefy: AI-powered tool that turns lengthy content into structured, easy-to-digest summaries.
👩⚕️ Sonia: An AI-powered cognitive behavioral therapist (CBT) accessible from your phone at anytime.
📹 Capsule: AI-powered video editor for content and marketing teams.
🎵 Sonauto: AI music editor that turns prompts, lyrics, or melodies into full songs in any style.
The latest in AI and Tech
The mysterious GPT-2 chatbot was abruptly taken offline on Tuesday afternoon, with LMSYS citing "unexpectedly high traffic" as the reason for its temporary removal via a notification on their homepage. The chatbot had garnered attention due to its unknown origins and powerful capabilities, said to rival GPT-4.
Yelp has introduced a new AI-powered chatbot for consumers, designed to assist them in connecting with relevant businesses for their tasks. The chatbot leverages OpenAI's large language models in conjunction with Yelp's data to understand users' needs and recommend suitable professionals.
Microsoft and media group Axel Springer have announced an expanded partnership spanning advertising, AI, content, and cloud computing. This collaboration aims to further Axel Springer's AI initiatives and introduce a novel approach for searching and consuming online content.
Apple has reportedly hired dozens of ai experts from Google to staff a new "secretive European laboratory" in Zurich, Switzerland. The secretive Zurich facility, reportedly dubbed the "Vision Lab," will task its newly assembled team with developing novel AI models and products for Apple.
The University of Pennsylvania has announced the launch of its first master's degree program dedicated to artificial intelligence. Following its recent introduction of the first undergraduate AI degree among Ivy League institutions, this graduate offering aims to equip students with the skills to responsibly "shape the future of this transformative technology."
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